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Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
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Pressing Curd

Date: 1941
Description: Two men pressing the curd into a form at the Swiss Cheese Factory.
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Men Delivering Milk to Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Two men deliver milk in cans to a creamery from the back of a milk truck.
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Consumer's Co-op Dairy

Date: 01 12 1937
Description: Consumer's Co-op Dairy. Interior view of vats.
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Bowman Dairy Pasteurizing Room

Date: 04 12 1933
Description: Bowman Dairy, on Fish Hatchery Road. View of the pasteurizing room showing three vats, a churn, and a bottle filling machine.
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4-H Milking Champion

Date: 11 18 1931
Description: Marian Dolan, 1931 National 4-H milking champion, milking a cow. She is a member of the Maple Knoll 4-H Club north of Sun Prairie.
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Champion Cow Milker

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: A young woman is demonstrating her championship cow-milking skills as she is sitting on a low stool and milking a Holstein cow. A person (out of frame) is ...
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Display Window of New Clean Easy Milker

Date: 03 25 1929
Description: Display window of New Clean Easy Milker manufactured by Ben H. Anderson at the Madison Association of Commerce at 122 W. Washington Avenue.
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University of Wisconsin Dairy Building

Date: 05 25 1926
Description: Exterior of Hiram Smith Hall dairy building with lilacs in foreground on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A stone and timber, Queen Anne-style s...
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Bulk Milk Truck

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Description: A bulk milk truck is parked in a farm yard near a barn as three men stand by.
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Palestinian Admires Holstein Cow

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Charles Brace, Lonerock, fieldman for the National Holstein-Friesian Association, showing a Holstein cow to L.E. Shmaragd, Palestine, at the University of ...
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Dairy Laboratory Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Two men standing at the rear of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture dairy laboratory truck, which has wooden steps leading up to the open rear doors.
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S.M. Babcock and Tester

Date: 06 09 1928
Description: S.M. Babcock, on the right, and his original milk butterfat tester at an honorary ceremony.
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Dairy Barn

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. A multi-storied building with an elevated ramp on the right, stables to the back left, and a large ...
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Dairy Barn

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Dairy Barn with snow on the ground.
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College of Agriculture

Date: 1920
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Site of the first dairy school at a state university, built in 1889. Three-story building, with vines growing on the porch...
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Hiram Smith Hall

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture Hiram Smith Hall or Dairy Hall. On the left is a large chimney.
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Portrait of A.J. Glover

Date: 02 01 1950
Description: A portrait of A.J. Glover, a pioneer Wisconsin dairy leader, was presented to the University of Wisconsin college of agriculture. His son, W.H. Glover, is ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Hall

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Description: Exterior view over fence of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Hall, the Hiram-Smith Hall. The foundation of the Dairy Hall is made of stone, with T...
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Dairy Conference Registration

Date: 06 21 1953
Description: Catherine Clayton (left) is handling money and the cash box, while Ernest Corley (center) is examining identification at the beginning of a three-day conf...

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